Month: March, 2008

Piano - the “Right Pedal”

28 March, 2008 (16:32) | Piano, Piano Lessons

It’s really very common, within the first few lessons I’ll hear from most of my students. “What are these pedals for?” Of course, most of the time we really don’t discuss the pedal for quite a while in the method books, but I like to take that opportunity to open the lid of [...]

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Practicing - a State of Mind

21 March, 2008 (16:17) | Practice

You have these images of practice time being without distractions. Like folding clothes, you just sit down and proceed to do the task. Practicing an instrument though, takes not just your physical presence, but your MENTAL presence as well. As children, we don’t have nearly the number of distractions that adults do, [...]

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Monstrously Good Ear Training Software - GNU Solfege

14 March, 2008 (03:05) | Ear Training, Music Lessons, Practice Resources

First off, in College Ear training (Aural Skills…) was my favorite, maybe because it was something that was easy to quantify. You could work with software or on your on and you could tell when you missed and you could tell when you got it and you could mark your progress. Now, I [...]

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Upcoming Changes

7 March, 2008 (03:58) | Site Info

Over the last little while and over the coming weeks, I expect we’ll have several changes going on the site. For starters, the webhosting account upgrade should be done well before you read this post, as should a basic upgrade of our backend software. I expect to be rolling out a few new [...]

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